Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Here is Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being lifted off its transporter. It was raised to a vertical position and lifted up into high bay 1 to be attached to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for launch on the STS-123 mission in 2008. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

NASA gets to fly the cool birds! Digital Fly-By-Wire project pioneered the use of an electronic flight-control system coupled with a digital computer to replace conventional mechanical flight controls. A modified F-8 DFBW Crusader was the first to be used to validate the concept in 1972 at the Flight Research Center (now Dryden). It was the forerunner of the fly-by-wire flight control systems now used on today's military and civil aircraft to make them safer, more maneuverab

Per request, here is Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour on the mate demate gantry in 2012 ready for the 747SCA to roll underneath. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

How Space Shuttle pilots trained to land! #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Artemis III core stage roll out yesterday #artemisiii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Per request, here is the mate-demate gantry at Edwards AFB with Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being mated to the 747SCA in 2008 for return to KSC. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Orbiter OV-102 Columbia touches down on lakebed runway 23 at Edwards AFB, CA to conclude the first orbital shuttle mission STS-1, 14 April 1981. Note the split rudder open to slow it down. #sts1 #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

New Glenn’s successful 2nd landing after launch #newglenn #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out the Space Shuttle Simulator in 1980! #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Bravo to the Navy diver that photographed the heat shield of the Orion capsule after splashdown of the Artemis II mission around the moon! #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari